Lo ! the Good Shepherd is pleading to-day ;
Seeking to save thee, waiting to cleanse thee:
Haste to receive Him----no longer delay !
Tenderly calling, patiently pleading,
Hear the Good Shepherd calling to thee;
Tenderly pleading, patiently calling,
Lovingly saying, Come unto Me !
2 Still He is waiting: why wilt thou perish ?
Though thou hast wandered so far from the fold----
Yet with His life-blood He has redeemed thee ;
Wondrous compassion that cannot be told !
3 List to His message, think of His mercy !
Sinless, yet bearing thy sins on the tree ;
Perfect remission, life everlasting,
Through His atonement He offers to thee.
4 Come in the old way, come in the true way,
Enter through Jesus, for He is the Door ;
He is the Shepherd, tenderly calling;
Come in thy weakness and wander no more.